snwbrdr202
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First and foremost, sorry for the crappy pictures. I am not a photographer...just an avid outdoorsman! As most of you on the East Coast know, we had a massive Nor'Easter already this year. TONS of trees and branches came down due to the snow weighing down on the leaves still present on the trees. I couldn't think of a better time to test out the new Rodent 9. Most of these pictures were taken with haste as I was on the clock and had a TON of work to do.
I have to admit I was skeptical about the comfort of the new Rodent series handle, but I really REALLY like it for chopping! There is a nice swell at the pommel which allows you to choke back and really get some good leverage while swinging. The micarta also has swells which aids in chopping ergonomics. The handle appears to be almost identical to the Busse Combat SAR series, except of course for the swell in the middle of the handle. For anyone with big mitts, the middle handle swell comes in very handy when choking up on the blade for control. I chopped the hell out of about 25 or 30 massive branches without one edge ding or dent, and the knife is still shaving sharp. Although I haven't done any batoning with her yet, it is still impressive to note that there is ZERO coating missing; two big :thumbup::thumbup: All things considered, she feels like a heavier, full tang version of the Battle Rat. Excellent knife, and skeptics need to try one for themselves. I can't wait to wail on this thing a little more, and there will be more photos to come. Thanks for taking a peek gents!
Here was a little bonus round for me! We got back to my buddies place, and he needed a giant weed removed from his front yard. He claims he was "too damn tired to chop another tree down," but when he saw my R9...he changed his mind
We both leveled that sucker in 5 minutes; great stuff.
After all of the abuse, she cleaned up to "like new." Remember to throw some oil on your SR-101 after usage! Sap can really mess up a good edge.
I have to admit I was skeptical about the comfort of the new Rodent series handle, but I really REALLY like it for chopping! There is a nice swell at the pommel which allows you to choke back and really get some good leverage while swinging. The micarta also has swells which aids in chopping ergonomics. The handle appears to be almost identical to the Busse Combat SAR series, except of course for the swell in the middle of the handle. For anyone with big mitts, the middle handle swell comes in very handy when choking up on the blade for control. I chopped the hell out of about 25 or 30 massive branches without one edge ding or dent, and the knife is still shaving sharp. Although I haven't done any batoning with her yet, it is still impressive to note that there is ZERO coating missing; two big :thumbup::thumbup: All things considered, she feels like a heavier, full tang version of the Battle Rat. Excellent knife, and skeptics need to try one for themselves. I can't wait to wail on this thing a little more, and there will be more photos to come. Thanks for taking a peek gents!
Here was a little bonus round for me! We got back to my buddies place, and he needed a giant weed removed from his front yard. He claims he was "too damn tired to chop another tree down," but when he saw my R9...he changed his mind
We both leveled that sucker in 5 minutes; great stuff. After all of the abuse, she cleaned up to "like new." Remember to throw some oil on your SR-101 after usage! Sap can really mess up a good edge.
